The 2024 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of Utah. The election was held alongside various federal and state elections, including for governor. Incumbent Sean Reyes was eligible to run for re-election to a third full term in office, but instead decided to retire. The Republican primary election took place on June 25, 2024.

Former Republican state representative Derek Brown defeated Democrat Rudy Bautista with 57.84% of the vote.

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Derek Brown, former state representative and former chair of the Utah Republican Party

Eliminated in primary Frank Mylar, assistant attorney general and candidate for attorney general in 2000 Rachel Terry, director of the Utah Division of Risk Management and assistant attorney general

Eliminated at convention Trent Christensen, attorney and candidate for in 2020

Declined Sean Reyes, incumbent attorney general

Endorsements

Convention results State Republican convention results, 2024 Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Votes % Votes %

1618 42.83% 2234 59.76%

1189 31.47% 1504 40.24%

631 16.70% colspan=6 style="text-align:center;" 340 9.00% colspan=6 style="text-align:center;"

Debate + 2024 Utah attorney general election Republican primary debate Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican RepublicanKey: Participant  Absent  Not invited  Invited Withdrawn Derek Brown Frank Mylar Rachel Terry1 Jun. 11, 2024 Utah Debate Commission Glen Mills YouTube

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Rudy Bautista, defense attorney and Libertarian nominee for attorney general in 2020

Eliminated at convention David Carlson, assistant attorney general and former North Ogden city attorney

Convention results State Democratic convention results, 2024 Candidate Round 1

511 64.44%

282 35.56%

Libertarian convention Candidates Nominee Andrew McCullough, former chair of the Utah Libertarian Party and nominee for attorney general in 2016

United Utah convention Candidates Nominee Michelle Quist, litigation and appellate lawyer at Buchalter

General election

Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSabato's Crystal BallJuly 25, 2024

Results

By county CountyDerek BrownRepublicanRudy BautistaDemocraticMichelle QuistUnited UtahVarious candidatesOther parties Margin Total # % # % # % # % # %Beaver2,53781.47%2999.60%782.50%2006.42%2,23871.87%3,114Box Elder21,58175.69%3,64712.79%1,2294.31%2,0577.21%17,93462.90%28,514Cache38,14064.71%12,34320.94%3,9546.71%4,5057.64%25,79743.77%58,942Carbon6,12666.54%2,19623.85%2943.19%5906.41%3,93042.69%9,206Daggett42680.08%7814.66%183.38%101.88%34865.41%532Davis96,98959.74%37,80923.29%13,7998.50%13,7678.48%59,18036.45%162,364Duchesne7,17881.49%7688.72%2663.02%5966.77%6,41072.77%8,808Emery4,06982.82%4839.83%1172.38%2444.97%3,58672.99%4,913Garfield2,12177.69%41015.02%873.19%1124.10%1,71162.67%2,730Grand2,21342.99%2,38946.41%2605.05%2865.56%-176-3.42%5,148Iron20,04773.74%4,03414.84%1,0803.97%2,0247.45%16,01358.90%27,185Juab5,03279.36%5358.44%2113.33%5638.88%4,49770.92%6,341Kane3,11771.61%90020.68%1343.08%2024.64%2,21750.93%4,353Millard5,12081.57%5208.28%2043.25%4336.90%4,60073.28%6,277Morgan5,24977.71%80711.95%2593.83%4406.51%4,44265.76%6,755Piute83288.32%687.22%80.85%343.61%76481.10%942Rich1,15281.41%14810.46%503.53%654.59%1,00470.95%1,415Salt Lake215,06643.53%205,33141.56%42,0778.52%31,6236.40%9,7351.97%494,097San Juan3,37354.88%2,16935.29%2063.35%3986.48%1,20419.59%6,146Sanpete9,75176.48%1,32510.39%5974.68%1,0768.44%8,42666.09%12,749Sevier9,01184.29%8507.95%2752.57%5555.19%8,16176.34%10,691Summit10,69442.99%11,66946.91%1,3065.25%1,2044.84%-975-3.92%24,873Tooele21,06464.64%7,31622.45%1,6234.98%2,5867.94%13,74842.19%32,589Uintah12,64481.79%1,5069.74%3942.55%9165.92%11,13872.04%15,460Utah193,00565.97%51,32617.54%24,1158.24%24,0978.24%141,67948.43%292,543Wasatch11,14461.82%4,68025.96%8934.95%1,3107.27%6,46435.86%18,027Washington66,77870.31%16,75317.64%3,4733.66%7,9758.40%50,02552.67%94,979Wayne1,18173.67%28217.59%714.43%694.30%89956.08%1,603Weber62,80558.05%30,59328.27%6,7536.24%8,0487.44%32,21229.77%108,199Totals838,44557.84%401,23427.68%103,8317.16%105,9857.31%437,21130.16%1,449,495 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Salt Lake (largest municipality: Salt Lake City)

By congressional district Brown won all four congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::b4d46a7e-4366-4f6c-ac54-ff6640d4e13f District Brown Bautista Representative 57% 28%Blake Moore 56% 30%Celeste Maloy58%28%John Curtis (118th Congress)Mike Kennedy (119th Congress) 60% 26%Burgess Owens

See also

2024 Utah elections

References

External links Official campaign websites Derek Brown (R) for Attorney General Andrew McCullough (L) for Attorney General Michelle Quist (UU) for Attorney General